SAI Ukraine summary 2
Accounting Chamber of Ukraine
Report on audit results of implementation of recommendations of the
Accounting Chamber of Ukraine regarding protection of Bug River basin
from pollution
Audit was conducted during March-June2015.
Audit object: Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, State
Agency for Water Resources of Ukraine, Lviv and Volyn Regional Administrations
and their departments, Western-Bug Basin Directorate, Lviv and Volyn Regional
Branches for Water Resources Management, Lviv Municipal Enterprise
“Lvivvodokanal”.
Main outcomes: audit showed that the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
of Ukraine and the State Water Resources Agency of Ukraine within the
framework of cross-border cooperation in the Bug River basin worked out a
significant amount of regulatory and technical documentation for improving water
policy in the basin and bringing it closer to EU standards.
Meanwhile aforementioned central executive agencies did not provide in full scale
implementation of the recommendations by the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine
provided as the result of completed in 2006 the international audit on protection
against pollution of the river basin of Bug River, conducted by Supreme Audit
Institutions of the Republic of Belarus, Poland and Ukraine. As a result, efficiency
of implementation of measures for water protection and use of the state budget
funds was not achieved.
Investment activities undertaken to improve the state of water in the basin of the
Bug River are insufficient and do not ensure the achievement of the goals.
The current system of monitoring treatment should also be significantly improved,
since it does not provide objective information in accordance with modern
requirements established in the EU.
Thus, the problem of pollution of the river basin, water quality deterioration and
unresolved issue of riverbeds becomes critical at three levels:
- regional - contamination of ecosystems of Volyn and Lviv Regions within the
Bug River basin;
- state - risks of gradual loss of territory of Ukraine in the border area with the
Republic of Poland;
- international - contamination of ecosystems in other countries as a result of
transboundary movement of pollutants.
Overall results of the audit showed the urgent need for the development of river
basin management plan for Bug River on basis of which the implementation of
environmental measures aimed at improving the ecological condition should begin.
Report on audit results of implementation of recommendations of the
Accounting Chamber of Ukraine regarding protection of Bug River basin
from pollution
Audit was conducted during March-June2015.
Audit object: Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, State
Agency for Water Resources of Ukraine, Lviv and Volyn Regional Administrations
and their departments, Western-Bug Basin Directorate, Lviv and Volyn Regional
Branches for Water Resources Management, Lviv Municipal Enterprise
“Lvivvodokanal”.
Main outcomes: audit showed that the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
of Ukraine and the State Water Resources Agency of Ukraine within the
framework of cross-border cooperation in the Bug River basin worked out a
significant amount of regulatory and technical documentation for improving water
policy in the basin and bringing it closer to EU standards.
Meanwhile aforementioned central executive agencies did not provide in full scale
implementation of the recommendations by the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine
provided as the result of completed in 2006 the international audit on protection
against pollution of the river basin of Bug River, conducted by Supreme Audit
Institutions of the Republic of Belarus, Poland and Ukraine. As a result, efficiency
of implementation of measures for water protection and use of the state budget
funds was not achieved.
Investment activities undertaken to improve the state of water in the basin of the
Bug River are insufficient and do not ensure the achievement of the goals.
The current system of monitoring treatment should also be significantly improved,
since it does not provide objective information in accordance with modern
requirements established in the EU.
Thus, the problem of pollution of the river basin, water quality deterioration and
unresolved issue of riverbeds becomes critical at three levels:
- regional - contamination of ecosystems of Volyn and Lviv Regions within the
Bug River basin;
- state - risks of gradual loss of territory of Ukraine in the border area with the
Republic of Poland;
- international - contamination of ecosystems in other countries as a result of
transboundary movement of pollutants.
Overall results of the audit showed the urgent need for the development of river
basin management plan for Bug River on basis of which the implementation of
environmental measures aimed at improving the ecological condition should begin.